Question about breeding

[Hosscat]

I had been hoping when I bred my dinos (I know, it took me forever to try it) that the baby would be colored like a mix between both parents. The baby I got was a copy of one though...Are they all like that? Or do they ever change color beside the bright mutation colors?

[Friesian]

No, they’re not all like that. Typically, in my experience, they come out in some mixed color variation of the parents. They can come out with a color not on either parent that’s also not a bright, ms paint mutant color.

[Hosscat]

Ah ok. I was hoping it was a little more in depth so you could theoretically try to breed certain really beautiful animals by mixing.

[Friesian]

I was breeding raptors for color for a little while. It’s possible, but not exact. If they do end up mutating with a color, however, that will be passed on from that particular animal to all of its offspring and their offspring from what I observed. I had a color mutation of dark emerald to the body in one line of my raptors, but I was going for gray or dark brown/copper with teal feathers, so I only bred that one down a couple of times and didn’t have time to find out if another color mutation on body would override the green.

[Campi]

In theory you have a 50:50 base chance on each region to get father or mother side colors. So yes you can combine different colors (i do it all the time). It just takes time and if you are looking for a specific combination it can feel like the chances are a lot lower than that till you get the perfect dino you want since in my opinion the game senses what you are trying to do and does everything in it's power to prevent it

[HarryPagetFlashman]

Breeding for looks is for the patient. As they say, it's a random chance to get some attributes from mother or father when it comes to looks. When it comes to stats, you have a 70% chance of the best stat from either parent.

 

In all of this of course, you also have a smaller shot at mutations. In any breed you can get multiple colour mutations. I once got 3 colour mutations on one birth for example.

 

In short, it's a patience game but one that's worth it and makes it all the more rewarding when you finally get the dino just right in terms of colours etc. Along the way, you may get some fun mutated surprises you like even more than your goal.

[invincibleqc]

3 minutes ago, HarryPagetFlashman said:

When it comes to stats, you have a 70% chance of the best stat from either parent.

No. 70% is outdated, you now have 55% chance of inheriting the stronger stats.

[HarryPagetFlashman]

33 minutes ago, invincibleqc said:

No. 70% is outdated, you now have 55% chance of inheriting the stronger stats.

Oh boy. There's going to be a great deal of culling in my future I see. Thanks for letting me know, it's been a few months.

[TopKnight1989]

color in my experience is generally a copy of a parent and sometimes a mixture of both.

[zeroBurnAcidCool]

Since we are on the topic, i have a some what "lower level ptera", with a certain color that i rather enjoy and was wondering ... how to xfer that to a much higher level ptera? or should i try to find a good stat / higher level with the same color?

I got a pair of 150's the other day right next to each-other what are the odds?

they are a similar color though so i would have to mutate them (or at least i hope) and i just got the baby to xfer their stats on the 5th egg or so, so the baby became the new male and doesn't have any mutations so he's clean to get more stuff and things, so needless to say i was happy.

The lower one is 194/220 <-nearing bonus point limits in breeder it says the baby will be around 229 (with the 11% chance) should i bother?

I breed them yesterday bout to check if it hatches with stats and color hoping for the best usually expect the worse, i always have a hard time executing any babies, but i suppose with breeder it helps to visually see its worth before hand.

[Uueerdo]

4 hours ago, zeroBurnAcidCool said:

Since we are on the topic, i have a some what "lower level ptera", with a certain color that i rather enjoy and was wondering ... how to xfer that to a much higher level ptera? or should i try to find a good stat / higher level with the same color?

I did this with parasaurs (yeah, I am weird) by just repeatedly mating the low-level color-I-want one with the high-level one and culling all but the best of the appropriately colored offspring, and repeating until the appropriately colored offsprings' stats matched the high-level. Once you've got a male and female of the appropriate color and stats you can "retire" the old high-stat one(s).

[DarthaNyan]

7 minutes ago, Uueerdo said:

Once you've got a male and female of the appropriate color and stats you can "retire" the old high-stat one(s).

generally this is a bad idea because "mutation-free" male and "clean" stock of females are still needed to continue improving the line.

[Uueerdo]

30 minutes ago, DarthaNyan said:

generally this is a bad idea because "mutation-free" male and "clean" stock of females are still needed to continue improving the line.

In this particular case I assumed the "certain colored low level" was wild/tamed (vs bred) to begin with, so mutations need not actually enter the equation. The parasaur coloring process I was referring to was with a rarer natural color, rather than a mutated one.

But I am not too acquainted with the mutation mechanics; so I am not entirely sure how mutations become a concern here. If the mutated stat is lower, wouldn't it end up being bred back out on the way to the current high stat. If it is better, you'd probably want to keep it. Or are you just talking about avoiding "wasted" mutations on the way?

[Hosscat]

So my goal was to mix my two iguanodons. One is very dark grey, the other orange. So there is a chance to get a grey with orange belly or vice versa?  

Mostly combos you don't see in the wild

[DarthaNyan]

45 minutes ago, Uueerdo said:

But I am not too acquainted with the mutation mechanics; so I am not entirely sure how mutations become a concern here.

I just assumed that colored-low-level one you were talking about is a mutated color and the high-level one is a main breed line (with or without stat mutations). In that situation if you bred for mutated color and mutated stats - resulting baby's mutation count will needlessly rise which, had you "retired" all the old high stat ones, may result in an unfavorable situation of getting lower chance for new mutation to occur at least or not being able to mutate it again at worst.

If they are just tamed and not mutated - then you have nothing to worry about, but i still consider it a waste of time.

[Seven713]

well hell I didn't know they lowered the chance to 55%, that explains my string of bad luck

[Twisty]

There's a chance you could a color copy of one of the parents or a somewhat mix of them. Or a different pattern. I'm right now trying to get some mutated color beelzebufo by breeding them like crazy.